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Also known as Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet of Seaton

English engineer, car designer, co-founder of Rolls-Royce

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Born
1848
Died
1884
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  • Strive for perfection in everything we do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it. Accept nothing nearly right or good enough.
  • Small things make perfection, but perfection is no small thing … Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble.
  • The quality will remain long after the price is forgotten.
  • I have only one regret … that I have not worked harder.

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Born
Frederick Henry Royce , ( 1863-03-27 ) 27 March 1863, Alwalton , Huntingdonshire, England
Died
22 April 1933 (1933-04-22) (aged 70), West Wittering , Sussex, England
Known for
Co-founder of Rolls-Royce
Spouse
Minnie Grace Punt ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1893 ⁠ – ⁠ 1912 ) ​
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1933-04-22
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Sir Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet (/rɔɪs/; 27 March 1863 – 22 April 1933) was an English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines that had a reputation for reliability and longevity. He and his two business associates Charles Rolls (1877–1910) and Claude Johnson (1864–1926) together founded the Rolls-Royce Limited company in 1904.

Rolls-Royce Limited initially focused on large, 40–50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its successors. Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product.

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